On July 2-4, I attended the Circus Arts Therapy Training at Carrie Heller’s Circus Art’s Institute. This training was an opportunity to step back and look at the social circus work I’ve been doing. I first began doing social circus work in 2001, with Cirque du Monde…
Read MoreIn my post on June 15, I mentioned the monuments at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice. There was a story about these monuments in the June 27 edition of the AJC. Dekalb County is in the process of accepting its monument from the memorial.
Read MoreThis thought made me think of the lyric, "this is not my beautiful house .." from the Talking Heads song, Once in a Lifetime. It was my reaction that Marcia saw. Thinking of this song made me smile.
Read MoreMarcia, Grace, and I went on a trip to Alabama last week. We visited the locations on the Civil Rights Trail in Alabama. We started at the Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham. From there we went to Selma, to see the Edmund Pettus Bridge…
Read MoreTiffany Riley has written a book about medical clowning. I’m pleased to say that she decided to include an essay I wrote in her book, Beyond the Red Nose – The Serious Business of Healthcare Clowning.
Read MoreI was strumming my ukulele as I walked through the hospital. One of my clown partners was with me singing along to the music. As we were traveling down the hallway, I noticed a woman with a subtle look of confusion on her face…
Read MoreI was hired by Liquid Sky Entertainment to perform at The Battery outside SunTrust stadium before Braves home baseball games. I've had a lot of fun working with the artist there.
Read MoreI had a great day working in the hospital today. My partner was Reuben Haller, who like me is a musician. Working with Reuben got me thinking about the different ways we use music as clowns in our work in the hospital…
Read MoreFear of clowns #3 - A solution.
In my previous post about clown fears, I talked about ways of dealing with Coulrophobia, fear of Clowns…
Read MoreI grew up in the shadow of my big brother. He was an artist before I was. I watched as he learned to play music, and as he began his life in visual art.
Read MoreAs professional clowns, we sometimes see people who have a fear of us. Often this fear is exaggerated. I've seen adults run from the room in a panic only because a clown has been in their presence…
Read MoreI recently helped produce an original musical by my church. This was the second production our church has done…
Read MoreI’ve been listening to a lot of bossa nova recently. It started when I found myself listening to the Antonio Carlos Jobin station…
Read MoreCoulrophobia is an irrational fear of clowns.
Fear of clowns is a big issue in my world. As a professional clown, I come across this issue more often than I would like. What drives this fear is irrational…
Read MoreToday I had a conference call with several other clowns from around the country. We were talking about ideas to make our clowns and our medical clown team leadership more aware of racial and LGBTQ diversity.
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